Riverside

1910, this shows Forge Sound with white exterior, the canopy over the butcher's shop at Riverside, and Hockley Cottage, since burned down, on what is today Washer's Triangle.

R.Norgett and sons sold meat from what is now Riverside. There were two other butchers in the 1920s, George Aylmore and Samuel Long.

The Abourrow family outside Riverside

Coronation procession marches past Riverside, 1953. Lodge of Ancient Order of Foresters, Jack Pollard leading, Stuart Pollard on donkey, front row Hack Appleby, Herbie Goddard, Fred Gibbs. Jack Cook near back, wearing cap.

Riverside was operated for a short time in the 1980s as Bennetts Dairy Shop, Until then it had been a butcher's, and later a post office.

Frank & Jenny Wheeler operated a sub Post Office at Riverside at the end of the 20th century and in the early years of the new Millennium.

Apparently, an outdoor cafe. It is not known when this was.

Riverside (foreground) and Riverside. It is likely that the gap between them was a path leading to a ford across the River Meon

Riverside, where the Wheelers operated a grocery shop and sub-post office at the turn of the Millennium.

Riverside is a 14th century hall house built next to what was once a ford across the River Meon leading to the Court House. In th e19th and 20th century it was a butcher’s shop, with its own barn for animals bought on the hoof and abattoir.

Creator

Ben

Date of creation

1965

Date of coverage

1965

Place

East Meon

Copyright

EMHG

Reference number

EM/

Accession number

2019-08-250

Format

JPEG

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